Thoranai
Murugan is a native of who arrives at to find his long-lost brother Ganesan, who had run away from home about two decades ago. Murugan gets stuck in a rivalry between gangsters Guru and Tamizharasu, where he learns that Guru is actually Ganesan. Murugan decides to protect Guru/Ganesan from Tamizharasu and a cat-and-mouse game ensues. Guru/Ganesan finally decide to reform himself where he reunites with Murugan and his mother, while Tamizharasu is killed in a police encounter. The film was initially to be produced by Singanamala Ramesh with as another heroine but, later got shelved and Shriya was confirmed as the single pair for Vishal. wrote “Arbitrarily packing in elements of every genre without actually bothering to stop and see if the mix does work, is like an overcooked stew.” Pavithra Srinivasan of wrote “Thoranai’s only merit is that it’s marginally better than . gave 2/5 stars and wrote “It is a formidable star cast that you see in . However, what is missing is a convincing story”. Reviewing the Telugu version, BVS Prakash of gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote “Inspite of a dud like , Tamil star Vishal hasn’t realised the significance of a solid plot even for a star-centric film.”
